and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news and it is concerning news this hour. we have a new study just coming out of the uk that finds there is no evidence that the omicron strain is less severe than the delta variant. well, this comes as dr. anthony fauci today warned that the 80% of americans who have not yet received their boosters are at real risk. the data i showed indicated that, particularly with omicron, that the level of protection goes really rather low in a in a in a range that may not be as protective as we like. but yet, when you get that boost, it goes right up there. okay. so, you know, when you look at how many americans actually are are boosted, right, it s, you know, about 14-15%. think about that. that that is a real issue. and the reality comes as cases are surging, deaths are up sharply now, about 8% from last week. and we are just at the beginning of the actual omicron wave, itself. right? you know, the don t
governor of colorado. we begin, though, with exclusive new reporting from cnn s jamie gangel and jake tapper on the former president s attempt to overturn the election. concerns a text message dated november 4th to then-white house chief of staff mark meadows and it lace out a rationale for overturning election results before they are fully known. maryland congressman jamie raskin read the texts tuesday night during contempt proceedings for meadows. here is an aggressive strategy. one day after the election, why can t the states of georgia, north carolina, pennsylvania, and other republican-controlled statehouses declare this is bs where conflicts in election not called that night and just send just send their own electors to vote and have it go to the scotus. now, when congressman raskin read that, he didn t say who the sender is believed to be. well tonight, it seems we know. cnn special correspondent jamie gangel joins nous with exclusive reporting. so what have you